"The shorter portion of that building at 217 West 57th was previously the site of a Riding Academy designed 1900 by York & Sawyer for Frank Gould, son of "Robber Baron" Jay Gould. York & Sawyer also did a project for Frank's sister, the Helen Miller Gould Stable building (1903), a Landmarked property at 213 W 58th. The Riding Academy is mentioned in the Helen Miller Gould Stable LPC Designation Report (Page 2).

The stable subsequently became a Tenth Church Christ Scientist property. By 1929, befitting the automobile businesses that had moved into the area, it was leased to the American Car and Foundry Company."

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